New life: Baker will have to tie up her financial loose ends before she is allowed to enter the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecelia in Nashville (pictured)

Starting over: Baker, 28, will quit her pubic relations job in Washington D.C. and sell her belongings before entering the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecelia convent (pictured)

Baker decided to become a nun last year, concluding that a life of prayer, poverty and 5am wake up calls suited her better than her PR job in Washington D.C.

She currently works as a senior staff writer at The Pinkston Group, and before that was an associate op-ed editor at The Washington Times.

The talented writer said she hit a low point in 2013 when work and dating no longer satisfied her, and began to pray about it.

'After
a certain point I started meeting regularly with a priest who was
getting to know me, and then he put me in touch with the sisters,' she told ABCNews.com.

'On my second visit, I was able to sit down and say, ‘This is my
story and I’d really like to enter'.'

Pay off: Before joining the convent, Baker has to settle the remaining $25,000 of college debt she racked up while studying philosophy at Christendom College, a Catholic liberal arts school in Front Royal, Virginia (pictured)

After going through the application process, which included a
physical and psychological evaluation, she received an invitation
last week to join the convent.

'It’s
a life of poverty and that’s the beauty of it. You embrace it,' she
said. 'I’m incredibly blessed. Everyone has been very, very
supportive.'

Before taking her leap of faith, Baker will sell her car and other belongings and quit her job.

'From
there you have to get rid of everything you own, so I will slowly be
giving away my library and my clothes and sell my car,' she said.